| Friday, May
14 2021 |
Paraguay
Independence Day
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Dragan Cvetic
did a flawless job building and weathering his 1/72 Hobbytime/Esci/Italeri F-5A 2000.
Dragan chose to finish it in Turkish markings. Very nice
indeed. |
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Carl Jarosz
is here with something very special today. This is his
classic 1/40 Revell Lacrosse Missile & Launcher.
Carl enhanced the detail on this model with excellent results and I'
pleased to see this model on ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
F-16C "Dark Vipers" Part 2 decal
sheet from
Caracal
Models.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 7 different 1/72 F-16C's.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
HH-34J cargo interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Trumpeter kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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| Thursday, May
13 2021 |
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Dragan Cvetic
starts your Thursday update with his 1/72
Fujimi MiG-21 bis wearing eye catching camo and Yugoslav
markings. It is truly a treat to see Dragan's models on ARC
and in this article you will find a link to a full build video on
Dragan's youtube channel.
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RSK48, Rafael
joins us from Venezuela with his most amazing
1/48 Scratchbuilt Caudron C.60.
This
scratchbuilt beauty is a work of art and Rafael includes some
history of this bi-plane in Venezuela service. It is quite
inspiring to see such a scratchbuilt model. |
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Ashish Velankar
dropped by today with his impressive 1/48 Academy F-86 Sabre.
Ashish chose a Sabre with some of the very best artwork ever
seen on the F-86. It's a treat to see his bare metal Sabre on
ARC. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
S-2E seatbelts photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Kinetic kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Sopwith 5 F.1 Dolphin Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This detail set is designed for
the
Wingnut Wings kit.
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| Wednesday, May 12
2021 |
USS Enterprise CV-6 Commissioning 1938
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Thomas Brückelt
begins today with his 1/72 Matchbox Horten Ho 229 A-1 & Ho 229 Pulsejet.
This is a wonderful pair of models with very different
engines. Thomas added scratchbuilt details. Well done
Thomas.
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an awesome job weathering his 1/72 ICM MiG-25RBT.
Dragan finished his MiG in Iraqi markings. He included a
video link to his full build video on his youtube channel in his
article.
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Jens Gerber
is here with something very special today. This is his 1/35 Trumpeter MiL 24
V finished in a special Tigermeet scheme camo and artwork.
Check out his photos...I love the look of this chopper.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Beaufort MkI bomb bay photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Airfix kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
German WW I machine gun Spandau LMG 08/15 from
Master.
Fits perfectly to Albatros D.V, Fokker Dr.I, Pfalz D.III, LVG C.VI and
many other models in 1:32. This set includes 2 versions of the
Spandau gun.
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| Tuesday, May
11 2021 |
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No update
today. I got called in to work on my day off.
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| Monday, May
10 2021 |
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Dragan Cvetic
starts you week with his very attractive 1/48
Kp Su-25. Dragan built this beauty for a retired AF Vet
and I do love the look of it.
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Klaasjan Schuuring
has done an extra special job on the 1/48 HK Models B-17G.
Klaasjan added Eduard photo etch and finished it with sexy
noseart. Klaasjan
gives good insight into this kit in his article. This is quite
the fine looking B-17. |
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with his 1/48 Tamiya F-14A Tomcat with a Canadian
flag on the tail. Read his article for the full story.
It is a shame Canada never flew the F-14. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Bending Folding Blade 5 Inch from
The
Small Shop.
This tool is for bending and folding PE parts. Complements the 5 Speed
Tool head Workstation (This item is included with the 5 Speed tool).
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MiG-19 Farmer Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the
Trumpeter kit.
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Sunday, May
9 2021 |
Liberation
Day for the Channel Islands May 9 1945 |
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| Saturday, May
8 2021 |
V.E.
Day - Victory
in Europe 1945 |
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| Friday, May
7 2021 |
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Richard Nicoletti
starts your day with his 1/48 Eduard Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3 from
the Battle of Britain. Richard did
some improvements and finished his Emil in a very interesting camo
scheme with a white engine cowling. I love the camo on this
109.
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Rodrigo Caselli Belém
has done a first class job building, detailing and weathering
his 1/48 HobbyBoss Dassault Rafale. It is a pleasure to
look at the photos of this Rafale.
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Dragan Cvetic
has been busy building this very attractive 1/48 Isracast Studio T-6 Texan II.
Dragan has included a link to his youtube video showing the full
build of this beauty. Amazing work Dragan.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Strategic Air Command Badges decal sheet from
Caracal
Models.
This Basics decal sheet provides accurately designed and scaled SAC
(Strategic Air Command) badges and SAC "Milky Way" sashes
for your scale modeling projects. Both high and low-visibility
versions are included.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Grumman S-2E Tracker interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Kinetic Model kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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| Thursday, May
6 2021 |
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H. Davis Gandees
has relived some fine childhood memories by building 1/32 Trumpeter Chance Vought F4U-4.
He added photo etch seat belts to the cockpit and built the rest
out of the box with excellent results.
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Dragan Cvetic
has done a fine job finishing his 1/48
Meng F-35A. Dragan built this for a friend and the
finished model looks very fine indeed.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Grumman S-2E Tracker interior photo etch
detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories. This detail set is designed for
the Kinetic Model kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
P-51D Mustang Landing Gear from Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This detail set is designed for
the Revell kit (2018 mold).
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Shailesh Karkhanis
has done an exceptional job building and finishing this 1/72 Hasegawa Sepecat
Jaguar and finished it in Indian Air Force markings.
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Richard
Nicoletti is here with a great looking 1/48 Tamiya Focke Wulf
Fw-190F-8 in winter camo and late war markings. Have a
close look at the camo and weathering....this 190 is a treat to see.
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Dragan Cvetic
joins us with his 1/72 Airfix FMA Pucara painted in a
very attracrtive camo for the Argentine Air Force. Dragan has
included a link in his article to his full build video on his
youtube channel. Enjoy!!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
HH-34J cargo seatbelts photo etch detail
set from Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
B-58 Hustler seamless engine intakes from SBS
Model.
This detail set is designed for
the Revell/Monogram kit.
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| Tuesday, May
4 2021 |
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Happy Star Wars Day
everyone!!!
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Rodrigo Caselli Belém
starts today with his awesome 1/48 Revell B-25 J Mitchell.
Rodrigo added Eduard PE seatbelts and
finished it with weathering and sexy noseart. This is a
fantastic looking B-25.
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with a real gem. This is his 1/72 Aircast Resin G-2
Galeb built to a very high standard and displayed as an
in-flight model. I really enjoyed seeing this G-2 Galeb.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
C-130H cockpit photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Zvezda kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
PZL P11a/b/c wz. 33 machine gun barrels, gunsight and Venturi Tube from
Master.
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| Monday, May
3 2021 |
Poland
Constitution
Day
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Richard Nicoletti
starts your week with my favourite WW2 Japanese fighter.
This is his heavily weathered 1/48 Hasegawa Kawasaki Ki-61-I-Otsu Hien
done to perfection. Richard has included a vintage photo
of the original aircraft. Beautiful work Richard.
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RSK48, Rafael
stopped by the ARC Corporate Office in Venezuelawith his wonderfully weathered bare metal
1/48 Revell F-86K Sabre Dog. The colorful markings were
done using homemade decals. I admire Rafael's passion for our
hobby and I love seeing his Venezuelan aircraft on ARC.
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with his very attractive 1/48 MHM Mi-24v that he
built for a retired Air Force member. The markings are for a Macedonian
Mi-24, which looks very
good. I have included a link to Dragan's scale modelling
youtube channel in his article..
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Here's a product article
for the 8"
Mk R Multi-head Hold and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop.
The
Small Shop has
an extensive selection of tool to assist in bending and folding photo etch
parts. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes. They also have
benders for making handles out of wire.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MB 326 Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This detail set is designed for
the
ESCI/Italeri kit.
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| Saturday, May
1 2021 |
May
Day Labor
Day |
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Anniversary
of first engagement of |
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Argentine
Airforce Falklands War (1982) |
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| Friday, Apr 30
2021 |
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Saigon
fell, end of Vietnam Conflict April 30 1975 |
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| Today
on my wife's Youtube channel "Mai
Sexy Garage"...
Mai's
latest video includes photos of
herself over the years. |
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has
an amazing smile and I hope you enjoy the
photos of her. |
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income from these videos will be used to support
ARC. Thanks everyone!! |
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Dragan Cvetic
has done a wonderful job bringing his 1/72 Italeri/Bilek SU-17UM
to life. This tiny 1/72 jet is beautifully weathered with
it's faded camo and just the perfect amount of dirty and a weapons
load to show the potential of this Russian jet trainer.
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Carl Jarosz
dressed up his 1/48 Accurate Miniatures IL-2m3 Sturmovik with
a cockpit set and then weathered his ground attack aircraft to show
the harsh conditions this Russian aircraft operated in. Truly
a much respected aircraft and Carl captured it very well.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
US Navy SNJ Texan decal sheet from
Caracal
Models. This
decal sheet features markings for 4 different aircraft.
Caracal
Models sponsors
ARC and they have so many special decal sheets to help you build eye
catching models....check them out.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
HH-34J seatbelts photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Trumpeter kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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| Thursday, Apr
29 2021 |
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Eric
Hargett starts your update with a real classic model. This
is his 1/48 Eduard Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 finished to a very
high level. I have a passion for Battle of Britain
aircraft. It is good to see this Battle of Britain
109...thanks Eric.
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with his very cool looking 1/72 Hobbyboss F-5E. This
particular F-5 is wearing Iranian camo and markings. Dragan
has included a link in his article to his full build video on
youtube for this model.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth cockpit set from
SBS
Model. This detail set is
designed for
the Airfix
kit. You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
HH-34J interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit. You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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| Wednesday, Apr
28 2021 |
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Rodrigo Caselli Belem
has done a perfect job detailing and finishing his 1/48 Tamiya F 4U-1A Corsair.
Rodrigo added an Eduard PE cockpit set and finished it in Jolly
Rogers markings. This Corsair is flawless, enjoy the photos. |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with another of his gems. This is the 1/72 Aircast Resin Soko
J-21 Jastreb that he built for a customer as an in-flight
model. Enjoy the photos, this Jastreb turned out very well.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Spitfire Mk.Vc interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Airfix kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
German aircraft cannon 3,7cm Flak 18 gun barrels from
Master.
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Tuesday, Apr
27 2021 |
Sierra Leone Independence Day
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No update today.
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| Monday, Apr 26
2021 |
Tanzania Union Day
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Dragan Cvetic
has done an impressive job finishing his sun faded 1/72
Valom Fouga Magister in Israeli markings. This is not the
easiet kit to build but Dragan was very successful and you can watch
the full build in his youtube video. Check his article for the
link.
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Cut-Off Set - Large from
The
Small Shop.
This tool set is the Photo Etch Cut-Off Set - Large. Use for
removing larger pieces from the PE frets. Especially useful for scale
modellers.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F-5A/B, CN/NF-5A/B Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This detail set is designed for
the
Kinetic/Wolfpack &
future Italeri release kit.
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Tamer Ozkan
joins us from Turkey on this Turkish Holiday with his Turkish 1/48 Classic Airframes Blenheim Mk.1.
This is a challenging kit and Tamer did a first class job on it
and includes history about the Blenheim in Turkish service during
WW2. |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with the classic 1/72 Italeri YF-22 Prototype. Dragan
gave his Raptor prototype gentle weathering and includes a link to a
full build video on his youtube channel. Check out his video.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
HH-34J exterior & interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Trumpeter kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
CV-22/MV-22 Osprey decal sheet from
Caracal
Models.
This new decal sheet includes markings for 7 different 1/72
CV-22/MV-22 Osprey.
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| Thursday, Apr
22 2021 |
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Dragan Cvetic
is here with a Russian airliner. This is his 1/144
Zvezda Tu-134 in markings from the Soviet era with added
weathering. Dragan has included a link in his article to his
full build video on youtube for this airliner model.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is here with a wonderful selection of his 1/48 Italeri/Occidental Havards.
These Harvards cover many decades of Canadian Harvards in a
variety of markings and paint schemes.
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| Wednesday, Apr 21
2021 |
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United
Kingdom |
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Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second |
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Red
Baron Manfred von Richtofen shot down 25 yr old (1918) |
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Richard Nicoletti
added some resin goodies to improve the level of detail on his
1/48 Tamiya Vought F4U-1D Corsair. The folded wings
look great on his Corsair.
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Ashish Velankar
did a stunning job on his 1/72
Zvezda Su-27 SM. I love the camo scheme he chose....it
looks awesome. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
MiG-21PF Weekend interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Eduard kit. You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
PZL P.11c - details set from
Master.
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| Tuesday, Apr
20 2021 |
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No update
today.
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| Monday, Apr 19
2021 |
Battles
of Lexington and Concord (1775) |
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Dragan Cvetic
starts your week with his flawless 1/48 Eduard MiG-21 Bis.
Dragan added seatbelts and finished his MiG as an Indian jet
complete with faded paint and weathering. Very nice
indeed. Dragan added a youtube link to his build video for
this model. |
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Richard Nicoletti (rich2031)
is here with a very interesting aircraft. This is his 1/48 Tamiya Aichi M6A1 Seiran,
which was designed to be launched from a Japanese
submarine. Rich tells the whole story in his article.
Beautiful work Richard. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Standard Rolling Set from
The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is the Photo Etch
Standard Rolling Set. Make curved photo etch parts. Aluminum
base makes rolling your parts easy!
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
F2A-3 Buffalo Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions. This detail set is designed for
the
Special Hobby kit.
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| Sunday, Apr
18 2021 |
Zimbabwe National Day
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| Saturday, Apr 17
2021 |
Syria Independence Day
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| Friday, Apr
16 2021 |
Denmark Queen's Birthday
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Blair Stewart
has gone to town getting everything looking perfect on the 1/48
Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop. Blair dressed up the
cockpit with photo etch seat belts and finished this Jug in D-Day
markings and a flawless bare metal finish. It looks awesome in
every photo.
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Dragan Cvetic
has done a spectacular job building and finishing his bare metal
1/72 Sword EE Lightning T.6. Dragan gave it a missile
loadout to complete his Lightning. |
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H. Davis
Gandees chose to finish his 1/72
Revell (ex-Matchbox) Consolidated PB4Y-2M Privateer as a post
war "Hurricane
Hunter". It has all of it's guns for maritime patrol
and looks very impressive indeed. It is always a pleasure to
see his latest model on ARC and I love the look of this Hurricane
Hunter Privateer.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
USAF Tactical Air Command (TAC) & Air Combat Command (ACC)
Badges decal sheet from Caracal
Models.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Spitfire Mk.IIa gun bays from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Eduard kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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| Thursday, Apr
15 2021 |
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Angelo Picardo
starts today with his heavily weathered battle weary 1/48 HK Models Boeing B-17F.
Angelo gave his B-17 faded paint, chipped paint and exhaust
stains and other weathering. I love how this B-17 looks.
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Shawn "phantom" Weiler
is busy building one of the more colourful RCAF Starfighters.
This is his 1/32 Hasegawa CF-104 Starfighter. The
finished model is quite eye catching in this red paint scheme. |
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Rodrigo Caselli Belem
joins us today with his 5th model on ARC. This is his
brightly coloured 1/48 Italeri T-6G Texan wearing Italian
marking and a subtle amount of weathering. It's good to see
this trainer in Italian markings. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Lysander Twin Browning machine gun from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is
designed for
the Eduard kit. You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
Polikarpov I-16 Type 24/28 Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the
ICM, Revell, Hasegawa
kit.
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14 2021 |
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Duncan Black
is here with his first model on ARC. This is his 1/48
Eduard “Jabo” Fw190A-5/U8 in the markings for a very famous
190 that got lost and landed in England after confusing the bristol
Channel for the English Channel. Duncan's paint work is
flawless and his weathering is very realistic. Welcome to ARC
Duncan!!!
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Jean-Charles Goddet
is here with a real beauty today. This is his 1/72 Hasegawa EF-2000 Spanish Air Force Tiger Meet 2016.
I love Tiger Meet jet and Jean-Charles did an excellent job on
this Spanish jet.
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RSK48, Rafael
joins
us from Venezuela with his
1/48 Minicraft Cessna 150 Aerobat
finished in
markings for a plane in his homeland. Rafael custom made the
decals for this special Cessna 150. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
Hawk 100 series interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the
Airfix kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
PZL P11c - details set - wz. 33 machine gun barrels, gunsight and
Venturi Tube from
Master.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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| Monday, Apr 12
2021 |
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. First Human In Space (1961)
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Orlando Sucre Rosales
gets your week started with his 1/72 Academy Republic P-47D-25 Thunderbolt "Eileen"
to honor his son David on his 32 birthday. This model is
beautifully finished and Orlando even painted the nose checkerboard
and he explains the technique used in his article.
Happy Birthday David!!! |
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Thomas
Brückelt has done an awesome job on his 1/48 Scratch built
SubSonex JSX-2 Microjet. He explains the process to
scratchbuild his tiny jet in his article. I love seeing this
Microjet on ARC. Excellent work Thomas. |
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naioh2 – FC Saran S.
joins us from Thailand with the most colorful Cobra I have seen.
This is the 1/48 Revell AH-1F Cobra : The Flying Bulls finished
in a Red Bull paint scheme, which is very cool to see. The
full story is told in his article. |
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Here's a product article
for the 5.5" (5 Speed) Hold
and Fold - Photo Etch Bending Tool from
The
Small Shop. This
Photo Etch Bending Tool is the
5.5" (5 Speed) Hold and Fold. This is the Revolutionary 5
Speed – Most features of any Photo Etch Bending Tool Ever.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
P-38 Lightning Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the
Academy and Eduard kit.
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One of my computer
monitors died and I missed a few updates while I got a new monitor.
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Mark L. Rossmann
starts today with another of his articles rich with
history This is his 1/48 Minicraft / Hasegawa Ki-27. Mark
captured the look of this fighter very well and his article has
great background and history on the Ki-27. |
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Mack Main
is here with a very different armor model. This is his 1/76
Airfix M4A2 Sherman modified as a tank target in a firing
range. Enjoy the photos, this is a very cool model. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Spitfire Mk. I engine from Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Eduard kit.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
Japanese Type 99 20mm Mark 2 gun barrels from
Master.
This detail set is designed
for all
model kits in 1/48 scale.
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6 2021 |
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No update today.
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Alex Grivonev
starts your week with his excellent looking 1/72 Revell P-47M Thunderbolt.
Alex added full weathering to his attractive Jug along with
noseart. |
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Tim Wrobel
has done a stellar job on his 1/48 Tamiya F-14A. Tim
added extra details such as Bomb graffiti and markings
from different decal manufacturers. His finished tomcat
is a treat to see, so enjoy his many photos. |
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Here's a product article
for the Photo
Etch Bending Tool - The Wrangler Wire Forming Tool from The
Small Shop.
This Photo Etch Bending Tool is for rings, loops, grab handles and
more.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/48
MQ-9 Reaper Landing Gear from
Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This detail set is designed for
the
SkunkModel, Revell,
Kinetic kit.
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| Sunday, Apr 4
2021 |
Senegal Independence Day
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| Friday, Apr 2
2021 |
Falklands War Anniversary |
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Fernando Pérez
joins us for the first time today with his heavily weathered
1/48 Hasegawa A-4C Skyhawk. Fernando finished his Skyhawk
in Argentinean markings. Impressive weathering Fernando, welcome to ARC!!!
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Angelo Picardo
has put some top notch effort into his 1/48 Special Hobby Fairey Barracuda. Angelo
gave his Barracuda crew figures and torpedo and a flawless
weathering job. Beautiful work Angelo. |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/72
C-130H interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This detail set is designed for
the Zvezda kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Predrag Đurđević
is on ARC for the first time today with his excellent 1/72 Italeri Ju-52/3 m.
Predrag gave his Ju-52 winter camo and skiis and a wonderful
weathering job. Welcome to ARC Predrag!!! |
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Juergen Guenther
joins us with his first model on ARC today. This is Juergen's
1/32 Monogram Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer finished as an Israeli bird
with subtle weathering. Beautiful work Juergen. Welcome to
ARC!!! |
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
F-100F interior photo etch detail set from
Eduard
Model Accessories.
This
detail set is designed for
the Trumpeter kit.
You will be
required to fold the photoetch in this set, but if you have one of the
Hold & Fold photo etch benders from The
Small Shop, then this will be an
easy process. They have a variety of benders for sharp corners as
well as rounded corners and in many different sizes.
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Here's a product article
for the 1/32
D-704 Buddy Pod - Aerial Refueling Store from Scale
Aircraft Conversions.
This
pod was used on the A-1 Skyraider, A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair
ll and possibly the F/A-18 Hornet.
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Malta
gets Spitfires 64
Spitfires are ferried to Malta by USS Wasp 
Mexico
- Cinco
De Mayo 
Liberation Day in Netherlands 
South Africa Freedom Day 
Togo Independence Day 
Australia and New
Zealand - ANZAC Day 
England - St. George's Day 
Turkey 
Portugal "Dia do Combatente" (The Fighter's Day) 
Canada - RCAF Birthday 
United Kingdom - RAF Birthday 
